20-07-2011, 02:19 PM
Interesting, but Gareth is right. Generally guys in armour would ride into battle having been fully kitted up just before mounting their horses. The impact of the knight was very much based on the effectiveness of the charge. You might have the guys on foot wearing some form of lighter chainmail on the body but definitely not plate. A more interesting investigation would be how much effort is exerted when fighting on foot whilst wearing armour.
There was a program on not so long ago where they looked into this. I think the presenter may have been a chap called Mike Loades, but they gradually trained up a guy until he could handle the armour. Then he took part in combat. He was utterly shattered after 5 minutes of fighting.
Do we really need to be told that wearing 70-80 lbs of metal and walking, let alone running, is a lot of effort ?
This to me looks like someone somewhere trying to justify a budget.
"Eating curry every night and taking no exercise will make you fat", Oxford University Researchers have proven with students over a 1 year study and a 150k grant from central government ;¬)
There was a program on not so long ago where they looked into this. I think the presenter may have been a chap called Mike Loades, but they gradually trained up a guy until he could handle the armour. Then he took part in combat. He was utterly shattered after 5 minutes of fighting.
Do we really need to be told that wearing 70-80 lbs of metal and walking, let alone running, is a lot of effort ?
This to me looks like someone somewhere trying to justify a budget.
"Eating curry every night and taking no exercise will make you fat", Oxford University Researchers have proven with students over a 1 year study and a 150k grant from central government ;¬)